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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="4-205" title_number="4" title_name="Weapon Crimes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Handguns">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 14-102 of this article or any other provision of law, except with respect to a sentence prescribed in § 4-203(c)(2) of this subtitle, a court may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>enter a judgment for less than the mandatory minimum sentence prescribed in § 4-203 or § 4-204 of this subtitle in a case in which a mandatory minimum sentence is specified under § 4-203 or § 4-204 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>suspend a mandatory minimum sentence prescribed in § 4-203 or § 4-204 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 14-102 of this article or any other provision of law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except with respect to a sentence prescribed in § 4-203(c)(2) of this subtitle for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun other than on public school property, a court may not order probation before judgment in a case arising under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except with respect to a sentence prescribed in § 4-203(c)(2) of this subtitle, a court may not order probation with respect to a case arising under § 4-203 or § 4-204 of this subtitle that would have the effect of reducing the actual period of imprisonment prescribed in § 4-203 or § 4-204 of this subtitle as a mandatory minimum sentence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
